Ystr’s Advisors

PRINCIPAL ADVISOR FOR YSTR STRUCTURAL CONSULTANT FOR EARTHQUAKE RESISTANT STRUCTURES

DR Devaraj.V

Obtained his Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering (UVCE) in 1978 and his Masters degree from Indian Institute of Science (IISC) in 1980 and obtained his Doctoral degree from Bangalore University in the year 2000. His Teaching stint began as a Lecturer at M.S.Ramiah Institute of Technology (M.S.R.I.T), Later joined UVCE as Lecturer in 1981 and has served the university as Senior Lecturer, Associate Professor and Professor till date, and his current research interests include Structural Dynamics, Reliability assessment of Structures and Earthquake Engineering. He is also Structural consultant.

PRINCIPAL ADVISOR FOR YSTR STRUCTURAL CONSULTANT AS GEOTECHNICAL ENGINNER

L.GOVINDARAJU

  • Associate Professor
  • Department of Civil Engineering
  • UVCE, Bangalore University
  • Bangalore

Qualification:

B.E (Civil Engg) from Govt. B.D.T. College of Engg., Davangere during 1986.

M.Tech. (Geotechnical Engg) from NITK, Surathkal during 1994.

Ph D (Geotechnical Engineering/ Earthquake Engineering) from Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore during 2005.

Post Doctoral Fellowship from University of Oxford, London (UK) during March 2007 to August 2007.

Books Published

Text book entitled Applied Elasticity. Interline Publishers, Bangalore (Jointly with Prof.

T.G.Sitharam, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore)

Authored / Co-authored for the following chapters in the book entitled “Design of foundations in

seismic areas: Principles and Applications” edited by Dr. Subhamoy Bhattacharya, University of Oxford, (U.K) and published by National Information Centre of Earthquake Engineering (NICEE), IIT Kanpur, India in 2007

 

Journals

Published more than 30 technical papers in International & National journals and conference proceedings.

MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL BODIES 

[1] Member, International Committee on Natural Hazards (ATC 3), Japan

[2] Life Member, Indian Geotechnical Society (IGS)

[3] Member of Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE)

[4] Executive Committee Member, Karnataka Geotechnical Center, IISc, Banaglore

Consultant

Geotechnical Engineering consultant for various types of projects for Government and public sector organizations

AWARDS & DISTINCTIONS

He has been awarded fellowship from National Programme on Earthquake Engineering Education (NPEEE) instituted by Ministry of Human Resources & Development (MHRD), Govt. of India to peruse Post Doctoral Research in the area of earthquake engineering at the Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford (U.K). The fellowship was awarded

for the period March 2007 to August 2007 (six months).

Awarded financial grant from National Programme for Technology Enhanced Learning

(NPTEL) , Ministry of Human Resources & Development (MHRD), Govt. of India to act as a course coordinator and to develop Web Based Course on “Applied Elasticity for Engineers” for the year 2010 -2011 (Jointly with Prof. T.G. Sitharam, IISc, Bangalore).